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AP reporting calls into question why and how Israel attacked a Gaza hospital 09/05/2025 04:18pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Associated Press reporting into an Israeli attack on a Gaza Strip hospital that killed 22 people, including five journalists, raises serious questions about Israel���s rationale for the strikes and the way they were carried out. Among those killed was Mariam Dagga, who work Hundreds of additional National Guard personnel coming to DC 09/05/2025 04:03pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. There are growing signs that the deployment of National Guard personnel in D.C isn't going to end any time soon and that President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement s Cork won a rare Trump tariff exemption thanks to lobbying on both sides of the Atlantic 09/05/2025 02:51pm • RIO FRIO, Portugal (AP) ��� U.S. winemakers have something to celebrate: the corks they���re popping aren���t subject to tariffs. Cork comes from the spongy bark of the cork oak tree, which is primarily grown and harvested in the Mediterranean basin. The framework trade agreement between the United Putin says foreign troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets 09/05/2025 02:40pm • Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine, particularly while its invasion was still ongoing, would be considered ���legitimate targets��� by Moscow's forces. Putin's comments came hours after European leaders repledged their commitment to a potential p Jalen Carter shames Super Bowl champion Eagles by spitting on Dak Prescott. What happens next? 09/05/2025 01:36pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Read the jokes that spread through text chains and chats and social media ��� everything from Dak Tuah! to a Star Wars-esque Dak Spit First to the Seinfeld-inspired magic loogie memes ��� and they were funny enough to make everyone do a, well, spit take. Jalen Carter might not Man charged with killing 19-year-old woman reported missing in Prince George's County 09/05/2025 12:44pm • A man has been charged in the killing of a 19-year-old woman from Prince George���s County, Maryland, whose body was found last weekend after she was reported missing in late August. Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder in Dacara Thompson���s de Jalen Carter awaits discipline from the NFL, which made sportsmanship a priority 09/05/2025 12:32pm • The NFL made it clear before the season that sportsmanship would be a point of emphasis. Jalen Carter provided the first example of misconduct. Now, he awaits discipline from the league. With tens of millions watching the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles taking on the rival Dallas C Spanish minister says Israeli cycling team should be expelled from Vuelta after protest 09/05/2025 12:20pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Spain���s foreign minister has said he would support the expulsion of Israel Premier Tech from the Spanish Vuelta after the cycling team was targeted by a pro-Palestinian protest that disrupted the race. Spain���s top diplomat, Jos�� Manuel Albares, said late Thursday he wo Almeida beats Vingegaard to the top of the Spanish Vuelta's L���Angliru summit 09/05/2025 12:00pm • L'ANGLIRU, Spain (AP) ��� Jo��o Almeida held off race leader Jonas Vingegaard to claim victory atop the Spanish Vuelta���s classic L���Angliru summit amid more pro-Palestinian protests on Friday. The race's two strongest riders were left alone for the final brutal kilometer when the gradient rose ab Telescope reveals a growing tail on the comet that's visiting from another star 09/05/2025 11:49am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that���s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope in Chile late last month are the most detailed yet of the recently discovered comet. They show a wide coma Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope 09/05/2025 11:41am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA���s Webb Space Telescope. Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Besid Takeaways from a hunt for 'secret' fresh water under the North Atlantic seabed 09/05/2025 09:03am • ABOARD LIFTBOAT ROBERT, North Atlantic (AP) ��� It turns out the Continental Shelf has been holding a secret from the ages. Beneath the sea floor off the U.S. northeast lies an enormous reserve of fresh water whose existence was long unknown, then was suspected and now is confirmed. The first globa Scientists tap 'secret' fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world 09/05/2025 09:01am • ABOARD LIFTBOAT ROBERT, North Atlantic (AP) ��� Deep in Earth's past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now the northeastern United States. Nearly 50 years ago, a U.S. government ship searching for minerals and hydrocarbons in the area drilled into Canada gives sneak peek of Cirque du Soleil show before its Fairfax Co. debut 09/05/2025 07:43am • WTOP contributor Briana Thomas, of the ���DC Getaway,��� series, checked out a performance in Canada. The story below is based on a press trip sponsored by Cirque du Soleil and reflects Briana���s independent editorial research. The sponsor has no editorial involvement. Yellow marigolds, mass Car Review: Volvo means velocity. Yes, you read that right. 09/05/2025 03:59am • A closeup view of the Volvo EX30 Twin Motor Performance Ultra. (WTOP/John Aaron) Those speed freaks at Volvo are at it again. Seriously. The Swedish brand has actually been putting out some real hot rods lately. A few weeks ago, we drove a rip-roaring, plug-in hybrid version of Volvo’s midsize